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better late than never…

July 10, 2013 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

The case.

An obese 86 year old female is bought to ED by private car with a 5-6 day history of progressive dyspnoea and fevers. She is promptly rushed into the resus bay in extremis with cyanosis & poor respiratory effort. [Read more…]

Filed Under: #FOAM, Airway, Anaesthesia/Analgesia, Radiology, Respiratory Tagged With: ARDS, BiPAP, blood gases, delayed sequence intubation, DSI, emergency airway, non-invasive ventilation, pneumonia, respiratory failure

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